Reader’s Guide Buddhist theory of the origin of state, as contained is Digha Nikaya, one of the collections of Buddha’s teachings) is a great ancient Indian contribution to the history of political theory. Purpose of this chapter is to explain the need of the state for the maintenance of the social order, arising due to emergence of evils in the[Read More...]
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2020-07-24_James_Corbett.mp3"][/audio]When I was in Mexico earlier this year, I was interviewed by Drew Media for "Democracy Down," a documentary that explores the future of human organization in interviews with thought-leaders across the political and philosophical spectrum. Each week, they are releasing the lightly edited raw interviews for this project, and here is the interview they recorded with me.
Keith Knight of Don‘t Tread on Anyone interviews James Corbett about The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, the 16th century treatise on tyranny and obedience by Étienne de La Boétie. James and Keith highlight some of the book’s key insights and detail how they apply every much to our situation today as they did when they were written.
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2020-07-13_Keith_Knight.mp3"][/audio]Keith Knight of Don't Tread on Anyone interviews James Corbett about The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, the 16th century treatise on tyranny and obedience by Étienne de La Boétie. James and Keith highlight some of the book's key insights and detail how they apply every much to our situation today as they did when they were written.
We find ourselves at a moment where the financial and political systems that have dominated for decades are failing in a spectacular and irredeemable fashion. Those who pull the levers are (as usual) attempting to take advantage of the situation by rapaciously snatching and consolidating more wealth and power, while leaving the general public to ... Read more
(CJ Opinion) — American Conservative has published an article titled “Why Are These Professional War Peddlers Still Around?”, an excerpt from a book by Fox’s Tucker Carlson, which documents neoconservative thought leaders Max Boot and Bill Kristol’s consistent track record of supporting spectacularly awful US war policies. Carlson goes over the many, many acts of military interventionism which […]
We have so little time, but still the old guard wants to block any possible path to salvation, writes Jonathan Cook. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net A group of 30 respected intellectuals, writers and historians has published a manifesto bewailing the imminent…Read more →
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-08-20%20Keith%20Knight.mp3"][/audio]James Corbett joins Keith Knight of Don't Tread on Anyone to discuss the philosophy of voluntaryism and the role that conspiracy research played in shaping his understanding of the real nature of politics. Also, don't miss James' left field answer to the question of the must-read book he would recommend.
